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SpaceX

As of June 12, 2026, SpaceX had a market capitalization of ~$1.77T (estimate, CNBC).

SpaceX is Elon Musk's rocket and satellite-internet company — public since June 12, 2026 as SPCX — whose Starlink network passed 12M subscribers with $4.29B in Q2 2026 connectivity revenue (reported consumer ARPU ~$66/mo).

SpacePublic · SPCX (Nasdaq)Starbase, USAFounded 2002Founders: Elon MuskWebsite ↗See connections →Compare with Anduril Industries
Last verified Jun 12, 2026

SpaceX at a glance

As of
Market cap
~$1.77T[1]
June 2026Estimated
Founded
2002[2]
Headquarters
Starbase, USA[3]
  1. [1] Market cap: CNBC — $135 IPO price, $1.77 trillion valuation, June 12, 2026
  2. [2] Founded: Wikidata (retrieved September 16, 2026)
  3. [3] Headquarters: Wikidata (retrieved September 16, 2026)

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Other metrics

Employees
~20,133
As of Jun 2026EstimatedValue Add VC entity registry

Some figures are withheld while sources disagree — see Sources & methodology.

Company Snapshot

SpaceX is a space company, based in Starbase, USA, founded 2002 by Elon Musk.

Recent changes

  1. Oct 26, 2026Raised $40B debt Morningstar
  2. Oct 26, 2026New investor: Apollo Global Management Morningstar
  3. Oct 26, 2026SpaceX Secures $40B GPU Financing | AI Unit's Revenue Hit $7.56B Pulse story
  4. Oct 22, 2026SpaceX, Tesla Merger Would Nearly Halve Shareholders' Stake Pulse story
  5. Oct 20, 2026SpaceX AI Revenue Hits $7.6B, Tops Starlink | $14.6B Total Revenue Pulse story
Earlier changes (15)
  1. Oct 20, 2026Musk Confirms Tesla-SpaceX Merger Talks At $3.5T Pulse story
  2. Oct 15, 2026Anthropic Backer Sees $2.3-2.4T IPO Value, Tops SpaceX Pulse story
  3. Oct 15, 2026Cursor Staff Flagged Data Leaks To SpaceX Before $60B Deal Pulse story
  4. Oct 9, 2026SpaceX's Shotwell Pledges $325M In Stock To Kids' Trump Accounts Pulse story
  5. Oct 6, 2026SpaceX Seeks $40B From Apollo To Buy Nvidia Chips Pulse story
  6. Oct 5, 2026Anthropic's $2T Ask Is Chasing SpaceX's Own Record Pulse story
  7. Sep 29, 2026Anthropic's IPO Filing Reveals Up To $120.5B In SpaceX Compute Pulse story
  8. Aug 14, 2026Acquired for $60B SEC EDGAR
  9. Jun 16, 2026Acquired for $60B SEC EDGAR
  10. Jun 12, 2026IPO $75B at $1.77T Nasdaq
  11. Jun 12, 2026Valuation rose from $800B to ~$1.77TEstimated CNBC — $135 IPO price, $1.77 trillion valuation
  12. Jun 2026First reported headcount: ~20,133Estimated entity-registry reconciliation
  13. Feb 15, 2026Acquired for an undisclosed amount Value Add Pulse enrichment
  14. Dec 2025First reported valuation: $800B Nasdaq
  15. 2025First reported revenue: $11.4B (~61% of total, +50% YoY)Estimated Company profile

Debt, IPO & other events

not counted in equity raised
DateEventAmountValuationInvestorsSource
Oct 26, 2026debt$40B—
Apollo Global ManagementLeadunverified
Morningstar
Aug 14, 2026acquisition$60B—
SEC EDGAR
Jun 16, 2026acquisition$60B—
SEC EDGAR
Jun 12, 2026ipo$75B$1.77T
Nasdaq
Feb 15, 2026acquisition—$1.25T (combined)
Value Add Pulse research

Investors

Apollo Global Management4DX VenturesAlpha Wave GlobalCraft VenturesFidelity InvestmentsFifth Down CapitalFounders FundFriends & Family CapitalGigafundGlade Brook CapitalGoogleIndustrious VenturesSequoia CapitalTribe CapitalValor Equity Partners

Latest Pulse

  1. SpaceX Secures $40B GPU Financing | AI Unit's Revenue Hit $7.56BSpaceX locked in $40 billion in GPU and data-center lease financing through an entity managed by Apollo Global Management, after its AI unit's revenue jumped roughly 9x year-over-year to $7.56 billion in the third quarter.→
  2. Meta Upsizes Stock Sale to $37.5B | Eyes $97.5B AI War ChestMeta launched roughly $35 billion in stock and preferred offerings Monday, upsized them to $37.5 billion on Tuesday, and plans a further at-the-market program of up to $60 billion, which would bring its potential AI financing to as much as $97.5 billion, as 2026 capital spending heads toward $145 billion.→
  3. Robinhood Opens Retail Door Into Cognition's $48B AI BetRobinhood Ventures Fund I bought a $10 million stake in Cognition, the AI coding startup behind Devin, giving non-accredited investors indirect exposure to a private company valued at $48 billion.→
  4. SpaceX, Tesla Merger Would Nearly Halve Shareholders' StakeA proposed all-stock SpaceX-Tesla merger would expand SpaceX's share count from about 13.1 billion to roughly 25 billion, cutting existing holders' stake to roughly half what they hold today, Fortune's analysis found.→
  5. Musk Confirms Tesla-SpaceX Merger Talks At $3.5TElon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX's boards have formed special committees to weigh a merger that would combine the companies at roughly $3.5 trillion, though no deal terms exist yet.→
  6. SpaceX AI Revenue Hits $7.6B, Tops Starlink | $14.6B Total RevenueSpaceX posted $14.6B in Q3 2026 revenue and its first operating profit as a public company, with AI-leasing revenue of $7.6B now exceeding Starlink's $5.25B, even as projected debt climbs toward $350B by 2029.→
  7. Reliable Robotics Tops $1B After $115M RaiseReliable Robotics raised $115 million -- $90 million in equity led by Nimble Partners plus a $25 million Silicon Valley Bank term loan -- upsizing its Series D to $275 million and pushing the autonomous-aircraft startup's valuation above $1 billion.→
  8. Morgan Stanley: Nvidia Is 92% Exposed To The AI Capex BoomMorgan Stanley estimates Nvidia's 2027 revenue is 91.7% exposed to AI infrastructure spending, as hyperscalers are projected to spend $1.58 trillion that year.→
  9. Tesla's New Roadster Hits 60 MPH In Under A SecondTesla finally staged its delayed Roadster demo outside Waco, Texas, showing a car with 10 SpaceX-style cold-gas thrusters that drove up a vertical ramp, hovered over other vehicles, and hit 60 mph in under one second.→
  10. Cursor Staff Flagged Data Leaks To SpaceX Before $60B DealCursor engineers investigated in July 2026 whether an internal tool called Sand routed confidential client data into SpaceX's AI systems while testing Grok, weeks before SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of the company closed.→
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Coverage Timeline

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  1. Oct 26, 2026AISpaceX Secures $40B GPU Financing | AI Unit's Revenue Hit $7.56B$40B GPU Financing→
  2. Oct 22, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX, Tesla Merger Would Nearly Halve Shareholders' StakeStake Nearly Halved→
  3. Oct 20, 2026BIG TECHMusk Confirms Tesla-SpaceX Merger Talks At $3.5T$3.5T Merger Value→
  4. Oct 20, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX AI Revenue Hits $7.6B, Tops Starlink | $14.6B Total Revenue$14.6B Q3 Revenue→
  5. Oct 16, 2026BIG TECHTesla's New Roadster Hits 60 MPH In Under A Second→
  6. Oct 15, 2026BIG TECHCursor Staff Flagged Data Leaks To SpaceX Before $60B Deal$60B SpaceX-Cursor Deal→
  7. Oct 15, 2026IPOAnthropic Backer Sees $2.3-2.4T IPO Value, Tops SpaceX$2.3-2.4T predicted IPO value→
  8. Oct 13, 2026FUNDINGSatlyt Raises $8M To Run AI Workloads On Satellites$8M Seed→
  9. Oct 10, 2026BIG TECHGoogle's Suncatcher Puts 4 AI Chips Into Orbit→
  10. Oct 9, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX's Shotwell Pledges $325M In Stock To Kids' Trump Accounts$325M in stock→
  11. Oct 6, 2026FUNDINGSpaceX Seeks $40B From Apollo To Buy Nvidia Chips$40B (sought)→
  12. Oct 5, 2026BIG TECHMusk's SpaceXAI Rebrand Is Branding, Not Strategy→
  13. Oct 5, 2026IPOAnthropic's $2T Ask Is Chasing SpaceX's Own Record$2T target vs $1.77T SpaceX→
  14. Oct 4, 2026BIG TECHMusk Renames SpaceXAI To SpaceXSI→
  15. Oct 4, 2026AIReflection AI's New Model Could Shake Up AI Race→
  16. Oct 2, 2026IPOThis Week's IPO Filings Are Microcaps And SPACs→
  17. Sep 29, 2026IPOBehind Oura's Pullback, A Loaded Fall IPO Queue→
  18. Sep 29, 2026IPOAnthropic's IPO Filing Reveals Up To $120.5B In SpaceX ComputeUp to $120.5B SpaceX compute→
  19. Sep 21, 2026IPORetail Investors Are Chasing Anthropic Shares They Don't Own Yet→
  20. Sep 21, 2026AIOpenAI Builds Features To Counter Grok Bot And Muse→
  21. Sep 17, 2026AIOpenAI Poaches SpaceX's Brian McCarthy As Sales Chief→
  22. Sep 16, 2026IPOSpaceX Targets Sept 22 For Starship's First Orbital Flight→
  23. Sep 16, 2026IPO2026's IPO Count Trails 2025, But Mega-Deals Dominate238 IPOs YTD, -4% YoY→
  24. Sep 12, 2026BIG TECHTesla Sets Oct 1 Roadster Reveal, Fifth Date This Year→
  25. Sep 9, 2026FUNDINGBesxar Builds Chip Fabs On SpaceX Rockets→
  26. Sep 8, 2026FUNDINGExploration Company Raises $450M To Rival SpaceX$450M Series C→
  27. Sep 8, 2026FUNDINGStoke Space Raises $1B to Out-Reuse SpaceX$1B Series E→
  28. Sep 7, 2026IPO2026's IPO Class: 238 Listings, Two That Mattered→
  29. Sep 6, 2026FUNDINGAI Labs Have Now Committed $275B to Cloud Compute$275B Committed→
  30. Sep 4, 2026IPO2026's IPO Pops Are Fading Into Real Trading Ranges→
  31. Sep 3, 2026IPOWhat SpaceX's $1.77T IPO War Chest Is Buying→
  32. Sep 2, 2026IPOEight Startups Racing a Closing 2026 IPO Window→
  33. Aug 31, 2026IPOWhat SpaceX's Record IPO Means for What's Next→
  34. Aug 30, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Is Building Its Own Gas Turbine Blade Foundry→
  35. Aug 30, 2026BIG TECHAI Labs Are Now Cutting Off Their Own Portfolio→
  36. Aug 29, 2026BIG TECHOpenAI Cuts Off Cursor's Model Access After SpaceX Deal5% of Cursor traffic→
  37. Aug 28, 2026IPO2026 Is Already a Record Year for Tech IPOs235 IPOs YTD→
  38. Aug 27, 2026IPOAnthropic Pitches a $30 Trillion Market, OpenAI Slips$30T claimed TAM→
  39. Aug 25, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Plans $100 Billion Louisiana Spaceport$100B→
  40. Aug 25, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX, Nvidia to Launch AI Supercomputer Into Orbit→
  41. Aug 24, 2026IPOTrump Bought SpaceX Shares Weeks After Its Blockbuster IPO→
  42. Aug 21, 2026IPOAnthropic and OpenAI's Parallel Paths to Going Public→
  43. Aug 21, 2026IPOAnthropic's IPO Filing Will Flag AI Backlash as Risk→
  44. Aug 21, 2026IPOAnthropic Eyes IPO Big Enough to Beat SpaceX→
  45. Aug 20, 2026IPOWhy I'd Rather Back the Acquirer Than Wait for the IPO→
  46. Aug 20, 2026IPOSpaceX Stock Falls Below IPO Price on Share Unlock→
  47. Aug 20, 2026FUNDINGCastelion Hits $13B Value on $1B Hypersonic Missile Round$1B Series C at $13B→
  48. Aug 20, 2026BIG TECHWhat $67B in AI Buyouts Says About Where Value Is Moving→
  49. Aug 19, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Tried to Buy AI Coding Startup Cognition→
  50. Aug 18, 2026IPOSpaceX Tows an Intact Starship to Christmas Island→
  51. Aug 17, 2026REGULATIONSEC Accuses Boiler Room of $74M SpaceX, Anthropic Fraud$74M raised, $23M in fees→
  52. Aug 17, 2026FUNDINGNvidia Discloses $21B Stake in SpaceX$21B disclosed stake→
  53. Aug 17, 2026AIEx-SpaceX Engineers Build Robotic Steel Factory$15M seed→
  54. Aug 17, 2026IPOAI's Best Exits Are Trades, Not Listings$7B+ largest AI trade sale→
  55. Aug 16, 2026BIG TECHNvidia's $51 Billion Bet Shows AI's Money Never Leaves→
  56. Aug 16, 2026IPOWhat's Left in the 2026 IPO Pipeline→
  57. Aug 15, 2026FUNDINGHarvard's Endowment Discloses $2.2B SpaceX Stake$2.2B stake→
  58. Aug 15, 2026AISpaceX Officially Closes Its $60B Cursor Acquisition$60B all-stock→
  59. Aug 15, 2026REGULATIONSEC Charges $74M Pre-IPO Share Boiler Room$74M scheme→
  60. Aug 14, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Closes $60B Cursor Deal, Largest Startup Exit Ever$60B all-stock→
  61. Aug 14, 2026FUNDINGNvidia Reveals $21B SpaceX Stake, $30B in Intel$21B + $30B stakes→
  62. Aug 14, 2026FUNDINGOrbital Data Centers Open Talks With Space Insurers→
  63. Aug 12, 2026BIG TECHNorway's Wealth Fund Reveals $1.2B SpaceX Stake After Record Profit$1.2B SpaceX stake→
  64. Aug 9, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX's $60B Cursor Deal Enters Its Final Stretch→
  65. Aug 7, 2026IPOSpaceX Swings From Post-Earnings Drop to 16% Rally$7.81B Q2 revenue→
  66. Aug 6, 2026FUNDINGThe Real AI Bottleneck This Week Was Power$18.8B combined→
  67. Aug 6, 2026BIG TECHTesla and SpaceX Commit $16.8B to Texas Chip Fab$16.8B first phase→
  68. Aug 6, 2026FUNDINGHadrian Raises $1.37B to Automate Defense Factories$1.37B Series D→
  69. Aug 6, 2026IPOSpaceX's Rocky Unlock Is a Warning for OpenAI→
  70. Aug 6, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Faces Test as 911M Shares Unlockup to $116B unlocked→
  71. Aug 6, 2026BIG TECHTesla, SpaceX to Build $16.8B Chip Factory$16.8B initial→
  72. Aug 5, 2026BIG TECHS&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Records as AI Trade Rebounds→
  73. Aug 5, 2026IPOAMD Beats Estimates, Stock Falls on Musk's Nvidia Bet→
  74. Aug 5, 2026BIG TECHAMD Sinks as Musk Commits SpaceX Exclusively to Nvidia→
  75. Aug 5, 2026IPOSpaceX's $1T Dream Meets Its First Insider Lockup Test→
  76. Aug 5, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Beats, Musk Vows Moon Robots and $1T Sales$7.8B Q2 revenue→
  77. Aug 5, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX's First Public Earnings Spook Wall Street$7.8B Q2 revenue→
  78. Aug 4, 2026IPOSpaceX Beats in First Earnings Report Since IPO$7.81B Q2 revenue→
  79. Aug 4, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Now Makes More Money as an AI Company→
  80. Aug 4, 2026IPORobotics' IPO Pipeline: Who's Actually Ready→
  81. Aug 4, 2026BIG TECHThe AI Trade Is Splitting Into Two Economies→
  82. Aug 3, 2026IPOSpaceX Reports First Earnings as a Public Company Tuesday→
  83. Aug 3, 2026IPOSpaceX's Earnings Week Is a Referendum on AI Valuations~$116B unlock→
  84. Aug 3, 2026IPONeoclouds Are Quietly Lining Up Behind SpaceX for IPOs→
  85. Aug 3, 2026IPOWhy Musk's SpaceX Shares Stay Locked Until 2027→
  86. Aug 3, 2026IPOSpaceX Moves to Buy 130,000 Acres of Louisiana Marshland→
  87. Aug 2, 2026IPOSpaceX's $116B Lockup Unlock Is a Bigger Test Than Earnings→
  88. Aug 2, 2026IPOSpaceX Leads a Genuinely Crowded Public-Markets Earnings Week→
  89. Jul 31, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Won't Remove All of xAI's Turbines Until 2027→
  90. Jul 30, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Wins $1.6B Space Force Launch Contract$1.6B contract→
  91. Jul 29, 2026IPOThe Case For Calling 2026 the Mega-IPO Era→
  92. Jul 29, 2026IPOThis Week's New S-1 Filers: A Mixed IPO Signal→
  93. Jul 28, 2026IPOWhat SpaceX's Whipsaw Means For The Next Mega-IPO→
  94. Jul 28, 2026IPOWhy Half Of 2026's IPO Class Trades Underwater~50% underwater→
  95. Jul 28, 2026IPOSpaceX Shares Whipsaw, Briefly Erase $1.2 Trillion~$1.2T erased→
  96. Jul 28, 2026IPOSpaceX Stock Buys By Lawmakers Draw Conflict Scrutiny→
  97. Jul 27, 2026IPOSpaceX Stock Sinks Toward Record Insider Unlock$116B Insider Unlock→
  98. Jul 24, 2026IPOPlaid, Verkada Quietly Line Up Banks for IPOs→
  99. Jul 24, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX's Starship Flight 13 Nails First Starlink V3 Deploy→
  100. Jul 23, 2026IPOGoogle Discloses $94.1B SpaceX, $124B Anthropic Stakes$218B Combined Stakes→
  101. Jul 23, 2026IPOSpaceX Shares Fall Below Their IPO Price for First TimeBelow $135 IPO Price→
  102. Jul 23, 2026BIG TECHAlphabet's Record $112B Profit Gets Punished Anyway$112.1B net profit→
  103. Jul 23, 2026AICursor, Soon SpaceX's, Expands Its CFO Council→
  104. Jul 22, 2026IPOTech IPO Pipeline Swells to $2.1 Trillion, Forge Says$2.1T Pipeline→
  105. Jul 22, 2026IPOAfter SpaceX's $2T Debut, Investors Chase the 'Magnificent Three'>$200B combined liquidity→
  106. Jul 22, 2026IPOStarfighters Space Amends IPO Filing as Space Sector Heats Up~$17.5M PIPE raise→
  107. Jul 22, 2026IPOAfter SpaceX's $2T Debut, Investors Eye Anthropic and OpenAI→
  108. Jul 21, 2026IPOGoldman Sachs Launches Private Markets Platform for Rich Investors→
  109. Jul 21, 2026IPOSuper Micro Surges 15% on New AI Server Orders Tied to SpaceX+15% on $60B orders→
  110. Jul 21, 2026IPOSuper Micro Surges 15% on New Order Tied to SpaceX→
  111. Jul 21, 2026IPOSpaceX Sets Earnings Date That Triggers First Big Share Unlock→
  112. Jul 21, 2026IPOSpaceX's First Earnings Date Triggers a Massive Share UnlockUp to 911.5M shares→
  113. Jul 21, 2026IPOGoldman Sachs Builds Private Markets Platform to Chase the Next SpaceX→
  114. Jul 20, 2026IPOSpaceX Is Down 39% From Its Post-IPO High. Now What?-39% from post-IPO high→
  115. Jul 20, 2026FUNDINGSpace Tech's Quiet Record: $7.5B in Q2 as SpaceX Wobbles$7.5B Q2 space funding→
  116. Jul 19, 2026IPOWhy 2026's IPO Class Is Splitting Into Two Tapes→
  117. Jul 18, 2026IPOWhat SpaceX's 105x Multiple Means for the IPO Pipeline~105x implied multiple→
  118. Jul 18, 2026IPOWall Street's $800 SpaceX Target Meets a 42% Crash$225 median target→
  119. Jul 17, 2026IPOPublic Markets Are Stress-Testing the AI Infra Trade→
  120. Jul 17, 2026IPOIPO Party Faces Down Volatility, Sinking SpaceX→
  121. Jul 17, 2026IPOSpaceX Falls Further as Starship Test Flight Aborted→
  122. Jul 16, 2026IPOThe IPO Pipeline Is Quietly Getting Longer→
  123. Jul 16, 2026IPOSpaceX Stock Slide Costs Musk Trillionaire StatusBelow $135 IPO price→
  124. Jul 15, 2026IPOSpaceX Shares Slip Below Their $135 IPO PriceBelow $135/share→
  125. Jul 15, 2026FUNDINGA SpaceX Vet Raised $65M to Fix Wire Harnesses$65M→
  126. Jul 12, 2026IPOJames Murdoch's SpaceX Bet Nets $7.5 Billion$7.5B windfall (est.)→
  127. Jul 9, 2026BIG TECHMusk Praises Anthropic's Mythos, Vows Not to Cut It Off→
  128. Jul 9, 2026IPOThis Week's Quiet IPO Calendar Is the Real Story→
  129. Jul 7, 2026IPOSpaceX, Anthropic, OpenAI: Pricing the Trillion-Dollar Trio$2T, $965B, $852B -- three of the largest filings ever→
  130. Jul 4, 2026IPOWhy 2026's Marquee AI IPOs Keep Slipping to 2027Potential delay to 2027→
  131. Jul 4, 2026IPOSmall-Cap Tech IPOs Are Having a Quiet Moment in 2026IPO count +7.95% YoY→
  132. Jul 3, 2026IPOSpaceX Set to Join Nasdaq-100, Unlocking ~$4.3B in Fund Buying~$7.3B combined passive inflows→
  133. Jul 2, 2026IPOIPOs and M&A Soared to a Record $113B in Q2 2026 as the AI Boom Reshapes Exits$113B in $1B+ M&A (record quarter)→
  134. Jul 2, 2026FUNDINGCrunchbase: Global Startup Funding Hit a Record $510B in H1 2026 as AI Swallows the Market$510B H1 2026→
  135. Jul 2, 2026BIG TECHAmazon Now Has Enough Satellites in Orbit to Launch Its Starlink Competitor~700 satellites by July→
  136. Jul 1, 2026AISpaceX Has an AI Device Prototype, Report Says — Then Musk Publicly Denies ItDenied by Musk→
  137. Jul 1, 2026IPOAsia AI Group Files Fresh S-1, Widening the AI-Branded IPO Pipeline Beyond the Frontier LabsS-1 filed→
  138. Jun 29, 2026IPOQ2 2026 Delivers the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 PeakMost $1B+ exits since 2021→
  139. Jun 29, 2026IPOCrunchbase: Q2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since the 2021 PeakMost exits since 2021→
  140. Jun 29, 2026AICursor Launches a Mobile App to Steer Your Coding Agent on the GoMobile agent control→
  141. Jun 29, 2026IPOQ2 2026 Delivered the Most Billion-Dollar Startup Exits Since 2021Most exits since 2021→
  142. Jun 26, 2026BIG TECHFTC Clears Elon Musk to Acquire SpaceX-Alumni Startup MeshFTC clearance→
  143. Jun 26, 2026BIG TECHOpenAI, SpaceX and the Scramble to Build Custom AI Chips -- and Escape NvidiaCustom silicon→
  144. Jun 26, 2026BIG TECHFTC Clears Musk to Acquire Mesh, the SpaceX-Alumni Optical-Interconnect StartupMesh acquisition→
  145. Jun 25, 2026IPOSpaceX's $60B Cursor Deal Puts the US on Track for a Record Startup M&A Year$119.8B+ YTD→
  146. Jun 25, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Acquires AI Coding Startup Cursor for $60B in the Year's Largest Startup M&A Deal$60B→
  147. Jun 24, 2026AIAI Was Supposed to Kill Engineering Jobs -- New Data Suggests They're the Most Resilient→
  148. Jun 24, 2026FUNDINGValor Equity Partners Looks to Raise a $2.5B Fund VII on Its SpaceX and Anduril Marks$2.5B target→
  149. Jun 22, 2026AISpaceX Signs a $6.3B Compute Deal to Rent GPUs to Open-Source Lab Reflection AI$6.3B→
  150. Jun 21, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX to Acquire Cursor for $60B in Stock -- the Largest Buyout of a Venture-Backed Startup Ever$60B→
  151. Jun 19, 2026BIG TECHNASA Picks Eric Schmidt's Relativity Space for a 2028 Mars Mission, Setting Up a Race With SpaceX2028 Mars mission→
  152. Jun 18, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Buys Cursor Maker Anysphere in $60B All-Stock Deal~$60B→
  153. Jun 18, 2026IPOSpaceX (SPCX) -- Record $85.7B IPO, Up 58% in Four Sessions$85.7B→
  154. Jun 18, 2026AI'xAI Is a Failure': A Leading AI Researcher Calls Out Musk's Lab3 leaders→
  155. Jun 16, 2026BIG TECHSpaceX Buys Cursor for $60B in All-Stock Deal -- Its First Move as a Public Company$60B→
  156. Jun 15, 2026IPOSpaceX IPO Shatters Records: $85.7B Raised, Valuation Crosses $2 Trillion$85.7B→
  157. Jun 12, 2026IPOSpaceX (SPCX) -- Record $85.7B IPO, Trading at $178+$85.7B→
  158. Jun 9, 2026BIG TECHFAANG Is Dead -- Wall Street Crowns 'MANGOS' as the New Big Tech$10T+ combined market cap→

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AI

SpaceX Secures $40B GPU Financing | AI Unit's Revenue Hit $7.56B

SpaceX Secures $40B GPU Financing | AI Unit's Revenue Hit $7.56B logo
AI$40B GPU Financing

SpaceX Secures $40B GPU Financing | AI Unit's Revenue Hit $7.56B

SpaceX locked in $40 billion in GPU and data-center lease financing through an entity managed by Apollo Global Management, after its AI unit's revenue jumped roughly 9x year-over-year to $7.56 billion in the third quarter.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

SpaceX, Tesla Merger Would Nearly Halve Shareholders' Stake

SpaceX, Tesla Merger Would Nearly Halve Shareholders' Stake logo
BIG TECHStake Nearly Halved

SpaceX, Tesla Merger Would Nearly Halve Shareholders' Stake

A proposed all-stock SpaceX-Tesla merger would expand SpaceX's share count from about 13.1 billion to roughly 25 billion, cutting existing holders' stake to roughly half what they hold today, Fortune's analysis found.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

Musk Confirms Tesla-SpaceX Merger Talks At $3.5T

BIG TECH$3.5T Merger Value

Musk Confirms Tesla-SpaceX Merger Talks At $3.5T

Elon Musk says Tesla and SpaceX's boards have formed special committees to weigh a merger that would combine the companies at roughly $3.5 trillion, though no deal terms exist yet.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

SpaceX AI Revenue Hits $7.6B, Tops Starlink | $14.6B Total Revenue

SpaceX AI Revenue Hits $7.6B, Tops Starlink | $14.6B Total Revenue logo
BIG TECH$14.6B Q3 Revenue

SpaceX AI Revenue Hits $7.6B, Tops Starlink | $14.6B Total Revenue

SpaceX posted $14.6B in Q3 2026 revenue and its first operating profit as a public company, with AI-leasing revenue of $7.6B now exceeding Starlink's $5.25B, even as projected debt climbs toward $350B by 2029.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

Tesla's New Roadster Hits 60 MPH In Under A Second

BIG TECH

Tesla's New Roadster Hits 60 MPH In Under A Second

Tesla finally staged its delayed Roadster demo outside Waco, Texas, showing a car with 10 SpaceX-style cold-gas thrusters that drove up a vertical ramp, hovered over other vehicles, and hit 60 mph in under one second.

DEEP DIVE
BIG TECH

Cursor Staff Flagged Data Leaks To SpaceX Before $60B Deal

BIG TECH$60B SpaceX-Cursor Deal

Cursor Staff Flagged Data Leaks To SpaceX Before $60B Deal

Cursor engineers investigated in July 2026 whether an internal tool called Sand routed confidential client data into SpaceX's AI systems while testing Grok, weeks before SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition of the company closed.

DEEP DIVE
IPO

Anthropic Backer Sees $2.3-2.4T IPO Value, Tops SpaceX

Anthropic Backer Sees $2.3-2.4T IPO Value, Tops SpaceX logo
IPO$2.3-2.4T predicted IPO value

Anthropic Backer Sees $2.3-2.4T IPO Value, Tops SpaceX

An early Anthropic investor expects the AI lab's shares to trade at $2.3 trillion to $2.4 trillion once its IPO begins, topping SpaceX's $2.1 trillion opening-day record.

DEEP DIVE
FUNDING

Satlyt Raises $8M To Run AI Workloads On Satellites

FUNDING$8M Seed

Satlyt Raises $8M To Run AI Workloads On Satellites

Satlyt, founded by former Google and SpaceX engineer Rama Afullo, raised an $8 million seed round led by Houston's Non Sibi Ventures to build software that lets satellites share AI computing jobs in orbit.

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Google's Suncatcher Puts 4 AI Chips Into Orbit

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Google's Suncatcher Puts 4 AI Chips Into Orbit

Google launched a test satellite carrying four TPU chips on a SpaceX rocket on Oct. 1, the first real test of its bid to run AI data centers in orbit alongside rival plans from SpaceX, Blue Origin and Starcloud.

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SpaceX's Shotwell Pledges $325M In Stock To Kids' Trump Accounts

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SpaceX's Shotwell Pledges $325M In Stock To Kids' Trump Accounts

SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell and her husband pledged shares worth $325 million to more than 2 million American kids through the new Trump Accounts program, using a stock-donation structure tax advisers say could reshape how founders give away equity.

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SpaceX Seeks $40B From Apollo To Buy Nvidia Chips

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SpaceX Seeks $40B From Apollo To Buy Nvidia Chips

SpaceX is reportedly in talks to raise about $40 billion arranged by Apollo Global Management, split between bank loans and investment-grade debt, to fund a large Nvidia chip order, per the Financial Times.

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Musk's SpaceXAI Rebrand Is Branding, Not Strategy

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Musk's SpaceXAI Rebrand Is Branding, Not Strategy

Elon Musk says SpaceX's AI unit will drop 'AI' for 'SI' -- super intelligence -- following Trump's executive order renaming the technology across the federal government, the unit's third name since February.

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SpaceX is now a bet on Musk bundling rockets, internet, and AI into one trillion-dollar flywheel. The genius of the structure is using stock — not cash — to buy xAI and Cursor, which means SpaceX expands its AI footprint without draining the balance sheet that launch and Starlink fund. The catch: the AI segment is also the single biggest risk to the multiple. Morningstar's ~$780B fair value versus the ~$1.77T IPO mark is the entire debate — and xAI's burn is what's on the wrong side of it.

How SpaceX makes money

SpaceX runs three segments. The first is launch — Falcon 9/Heavy and Starship — where it is the dominant commercial launch provider. The second is Starlink, the satellite-internet business that is the company's cash engine at $11.4B in 2025 revenue (about 61% of the total) and 10.3M subscribers.

The third segment is AI: xAI/Grok (acquired in February 2026 at a ~$250B mark) plus Cursor/Anysphere (acquired June 16, 2026 for ~$60B all-stock). The thesis is a vertically integrated Musk-verse where launch funds Starlink, Starlink funds AI compute, and AI rides on SpaceX's capital and balance sheet.

Competitors

  • Blue Origin & ULA — Rival launch providers chasing SpaceX's lead.
  • Amazon Project Kuiper — The main satellite-internet challenger to Starlink.
  • Rocket Lab — Small-launch competitor.
  • OpenAI & Anthropic — Frontier-AI rivals to the xAI/Grok segment.

Profile sources (verified 2026-06-30): CNBC — SpaceX IPO (SPCX) live updates · CNBC — $135 IPO price, $1.77 trillion valuation · CNBC — Morningstar SpaceX bear case

More on SpaceXVerified figures in Data Truth →SpaceX IPO →SpaceX Return Calculator →Starship Story →IPO Tracker →xAI profile →Cursor profile →SpaceX IPO tracker →AI company valuations →

SpaceX FAQ

What is SPCX stock?

SPCX is SpaceX's NASDAQ ticker. It debuted at $135/share in the June 12, 2026 IPO and has recently traded around $150.

Did SpaceX buy xAI and Cursor?

Yes. SpaceX merged with xAI/Grok in February 2026 (~$250B) and acquired Cursor/Anysphere on June 16, 2026 for ~$60B all-stock — both forming its AI segment.

How much revenue does Starlink generate?

Starlink generated $11.4 billion in 2025 — about 61% of SpaceX's total revenue and up roughly 50% year over year — across 10.3 million customers in 160 countries.

What is SpaceX's market cap?

SpaceX's market capitalization was ~$1.77T (an estimate) as of June 12, 2026, according to CNBC.

Is SpaceX publicly traded?

Yes. SpaceX trades under the ticker SPCX on Nasdaq, with a market cap of ~$1.77T (June 12, 2026, CNBC).

When was SpaceX founded and where is it based?

SpaceX was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Starbase, USA, according to Wikidata.

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